Guitar Slim Green with Johnny And Shuggie Otis ‎– Stone Down Blues [2015]

 

Guitar Slim Green wasn't a prolific bluesman by any means. He recorded several sides in the '40s, '50s, and '60s, including a pair of singles for Johnny Otis' Dig, but perhaps his best-known recording is 1970's Stone Down Blues, his only full-length record. That's entirely due to who supports him on the album, produced by Johnny Otis, who also played drums on the record and brought in his son Shuggie to play bass and the occasional guitar, forming something of a power trio with Guitar Slim. Certainly, father and son help push Green away from his comfortable wheelhouse -- a wheelhouse that's firmly indebted to T-Bone Walker, whose influence can be heard on Guitar Slim's fluid single-line leads -- and into slightly funkier territory. The Otis rhythm section is loose and gritty, something that's readily apparent on the jumping opener "Shake 'Em Up" and that swing pops up elsewhere, including the John Lee Hooker homage "Old Folks Blues." One of the attractive things about Stone Down Blues is how the Otises continue to goose Green along in sly ways, urging him to sing Johnny's protest tune "This War Ain't Right" and mixing up shuffles ("Make Love All Night") with slow 12-bar blues ("My Little Angel Child"), piano blues ("You Make Me Feel So Good"), and urbanized country blues ("Big Fine Thing"). Green's gravelly voice and mellow presence help tie this all together and the whole album feels something like a casual triumph: Johnny Otis is paying his old friend a favor and, in doing so, finds an unwitting intersection between the old and modern blues at the turn of the '60s.

1. Shake 'Em Up
2. Bumble Bee Blues
3. Make Love Al Night
4. My Little Angel Child
5. 5th Street Alley Blues
6. Old Folks Boogie
7. This War Ain't Right
8. You Make Me Feel So Good
9. Big Fine Thing
10. Play On Little Girl

Elton John - Diamonds (3 CD, Deluxe, 2017)

 

Elton John was one of the biggest pop star of the '70s, grabbing headlines and generating hits throughout the world. As it turned out, this was merely the first act in a remarkable career that kept him at the top of the charts for over 25 years. He charted a Top 40 hit single every year between 1970 and 1996, a sign that he knew how to both change with the times and mold the times to fit him. Initially marketed as a singer/songwriter, John soon revealed he could craft Beatlesque pop and pound out rockers with equal aplomb. He could dip into soul, disco, and country, as well as classic pop balladry and even progressive rock. His versatility, combined with his effortless melodic skills, dynamic charisma, and flamboyant stage shows, became his calling cards and many of his songs - including "Your Song," "Rocket Man," "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road," and "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" - became contemporary pop standards.

Elton John Diamonds Greatest Hits Collection 3CD limited edition box-set contains 34 tracks over two discs, plus 17 bonus tracks of personal favorites curated by Elton himself.

VA - Blues Selection [10 CD, 2003]

 

10CD European boxset with the best blues of all time






Vol. 1
01-Big Bill Broonzy- House Rent Stomp
02-Ma Rainey And Her Georgia Band- Night Time Blues
03-Mississippi John Hurt- Got The Blues ( Can't Be Satisfied)
04-Skip James- 22-20 Blues
05-Bessie Smith- Easy Come, Easy Go Blues
06-Oak Cliff T-Bone- Trinity River Blues
07-Charlie Patton- Revenue Man Blues
08-Henry Thomas- Red River Blues
09-Robert 'barbecue Bob' Hicks- Barbecue Blues
10-Bessie Smith- Nashville Woman's Blues
11-Tampa Red- You Can't Get That Stuff No More
12-Lonnie Johnson- Mr. Johnson's Swing
13-Leroy Carr- Midnight Hour Blues
14-Oak Cliff T-Bone- Wichita Falls Blues
15-Mississippi John Hurt- Candy Man Blues
16-Memphis Minnie- Bumble Bee
17-Blind Willie Johnson- Nobody's Fault But Mine
18-Willie Newbern- Roll And Tumble Blues
19-Johnnie Temple- Lead Pencil Blues
20-The Mississippi Sheiks- Sitting On Top Of The World

Vol. 2
01-Casey Bill Weldon- Weldon Go Ahead, Buddy
02-Leroy Carr- When The Sun Goes Down
03-Scrapper Blackwell- Kokomo Blues
04-Skip James- Devil Got My Woman
05-Champion Jack Dupree- Gamblin Man Blues Champion
06-Lonnie Johnson- Four Hands Are Better Than Two
07-Blind Boy Fuller- Baby You Gotta Change Your Mind
08-Roosevelt Sykes- 15C A Day
09-Mississippi John Hurt- Spike Driver Blues
10-Mississippi John Hurt- Avalon Blues
11-Memphis Minnie- Moonshine
12-Big Bill Broonzy- Mississipi River Blues
13-Alice Moore- Grass Cutter Blues
14-Leadbelly- Roberta
15-Blind Willie Mctell- Georgia Rag
16-Josh White- Low Cotton
17-Blind Boy Fuller- Bye Bye Baby Blues
18-Sonny Terry- Train Whistle Blues
19-Big Joe Williams- 49 Highway Blues
20-Sleepy John Estes- Tell Me How About It (Mr. Tom's Blues)

Vol. 3
01-Jimmy Yancey- Tow O'clock Blues
02-Big Joe Williams- Please Don't Go
03-Leadbelly- The Bourgeois Blues
04-Kokomo Arnold- My Gal's Been Foolin' Me
05-Big Bill Broonzy- The Southern Blues
06-Big Bill Broonzy- W.P.A. Rag
07-Josh White- Stormy Weather No. 1
08-Bessie Smith- Blue Spirit Blues
09-Bessie Smith- Black Mountain Blues
10-Champion Jack Dupree- Warehouse Man Blues
11-Leroy Carr- Good Woman Blues
12-Blind Boy Fuller- I'm A Rattlesnakin' Daddy
13-Kokomo Arnold- Milk Cow Blues
14-Mary Johnson- Delmar Avenue
15-Alice Moore- Money Tree Man
16-John Lee 'sonny Boy' Williamson- My Black Name Blues
17-John Lee 'sonny Boy' Williamson- Black Gal Blues
18-Blind Willie Mctell- Love-Makin' Mama
19-Sleepy John Estes- New Someday Baby
20-Sonny Terry- New Love Blues

Vol. 4
01-Leadbelly- Easy Rider
02-Big Joe Williams- I Know You Gonna Miss Me
03-Big Bill Broonzy- Horny Frog
04-Big Bill Broonzy- You Do Me Any Old Way
05-Josh White- Silicosis Is Killin' Me
06-Memphis Minnie- Boy Friend Blues
07-Blind Boy Fuller- I Want Some Of Your Pie
08-Sonny Terry- Harmonica And Washboard Breakdown
09-John Lee 'sonny Boy' Williamson- Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
10-John Lee 'sonny Boy' Williamson- Jackson Blues
11-Robert Johnson- Cross Road Blues
12-Robert Johnson- Terraplane Blues
13-Bukka White- Shake 'em On Down
14-Lonnie Johnson- Mean Old Bag Blues
15-Champion Jack Dupree- Dupree Shake Dance
16-Son House- By Black Mama Part 1
17-Lonnie Johnson- Life Saver Blues
18-Lowell Fulson- River Blues Part 1
19-Blind Willie Mctell- My Baby's Gone
20-Sleepy John Estes- Liquor Store Blues

Vol. 5
01-Robert Johnson- I Believe I'll Dust My Broom
02-Kokomo Arnold- Fool Man Blues
03-John Lee 'sonny Boy' Williamson- I'm Tired Trucking My Blues Away
04-Jimmy Yancey- Yancey Stomp
05-Leadbelly- I'm Sorry Mama
06-Big Bill Broonzy- Come Home Early
07-Big Joe Williams- I Wont Be In Hard Luck No More
08-Bukka White- Pinebluff, Ark.
09-Blind Boy Fuller & Sonny Terry- Mean And No Good Woman
10-Sleepy John Estes- Brownsville Blues
11-Sonny Terry- Harmonica Blues
12-Blind Willie Mctell- Warm It Up To Me
13-Jimmy Yancey- Jimmy's Stuff
14-Alice Moore- I'm Going Fishing Too
15-Sam Theard & Oscar's Chicago Swingers- Try Some Of That
16-Kokomo Arnold- Shake That Thing
17-John Lee 'sonny Boy' Williamson- Thinking My Blues Away
18-Bukka White- Aberdeen Mississippi Blues
19-Big Bill Broonzy- Its Your Time Now
20-Jimmy Yancey- Steady Rock Blues

Vol. 6
01-Peter Chatman & His Washboard Band- Blues At Midnight
02-T Bone Walker- I Got A Break Baby
03-Big Joe Williams- Meet Me Around The Corner
04-Big Bill Broonzy- Plow Hand Blues
05-John Lee 'sonny Boy' Williamson- New Early In The Morning
06-Memphis Slim- Grinder Man Blues
07-Champion Jack Dupree- Cabbage Greens No. 1
08-Brownie Mcghee- Million Lonesome Women
09-Dr Clayton- '41 Blues
10-Big Joe Turner- Nobody In Mind
11-Sonny Terry- Blowin The Blues
12-Brother George & His Sanctified Singers- Precious Lord
13-Brother George & His Sanctified Singers- Twelve Gates To The City
14-Blind Boy Fuller- Somebody's Been Talkin'
15-Leadbelly- Good Morning Blues
16-Memphis Minnie- Me And My Chauffeur Blues
17-Hot Lips Page- Evil Man's Blues
18-Muddy Waters- Country Blues
19-Arthur 'big Boy' Crudup- Give Me A 32-20
20-David Edwards- Army Blues

Vol. 7
01-Memphis Slim- The Jive Blues
02-Brownie Mcghee- Good-Bye Now
03-T Bone Walker- Mean Old World
04-Big Joe Turner- Goin' To Chicago Blues
05-Champion Jack Dupree- Chain Gang Blues
06-Big Joe Williams- Break 'em On Down
07-Big Bill Broonzy- Jivin' Mr Fuller Blues
08-Muddy Waters- I Be's Troubled
09-Memphis Minnie- In My Girlish Days
10-Hot Lips Page- Thirsty Mama Blues
11-John Lee 'sonny Boy' Williamson- War Time Blues
12-Blind Boy Fuller & Sonny Terry- Shake Down Blues
13-John Lee 'sonny Boy' Williamson- Whiskey Headed Blues
14-Brownie Mcghee- Swing, Soldier, Swing
15-Dr Clayton- Pearl Harbor Blues
16-John Lee 'sonny Boy' Williamson- I Win The War Blues
17-T Bone Walker- T Bone Blues
18-Arthur 'big Boy' Crudup- Keep Our Arms Around Me
19-Lightnin' Hopkins- Katie May
20-Lonnie Johnson- Keep What You Got

Vol. 8
01-Roosevelt Sykes- The Honeydripper
02-T Bone Walker- Bobby Sox Blues
03-Big Joe Turner- Hollywood Bed
04-Lowell Fulson- San Francisco Blues
05-David Edwards- Don't Be So Evil
06-T Bone Walker- Call It Stormy Monday
07-Arthur 'big Boy' Crudup- Dirt Road Blues
08-Lonnie Johnson- Love Is The Answer
09-Willie Dixon- If The Sea Was Whiskey
10-Lightnin Hopkins- Feel So Bad
11-John Lee 'sonny Boy' Williamson- Hoo Doo Hoodoo
12-Muddy Waters- Walkin' Blues
13-Lonnie Johnson- Working Man's Blues
14-John Lee Hooker- Boogie Chillen
15-Arthur 'big Boy' Crudup- Rock Me Mama
16-Muddy Waters- I Can't Be Satisfied
17-John Lee Hooker- Sally Mae
18-Lonnie Johnson- Jelly Roll Baker
19-John Lee 'sonny Boy' Williamson- Shake The Boogie
20-Big Joe Turner- Low Down Dog

Vol. 9
01-John Lee Hooker- Weeping Willow Boogie
02-Muddy Waters- Louisiana Blues
03-Lightnin Hopkins- Lightnin's Boogie
04-T Bone Walker- No Worry Blues
05-Arthur 'big Boy' Crudup- Crudup's After Hours
06-Lightnin Hopkins- Rollin' An' Rollin'
07-John Lee Hooker- Crawlin King Snake
08-Lonnie Johnson- Backwater Blues
09-Muddy Waters- I Feel Like Goin' Home
10-Lightnin Hopkins- Honey Babe
11-John Lee Hooker- Hobo Blues
12-T Bone Walker- I'm In An Awful Mood
13-John Lee Hooker- Huckle Up Baby
14-Bb King- Miss Martha King
15-Big Joe Turner- Story To Tell
16-Big Bill Broonzy- Treat Everybody Right
17-John Lee Hooker- John L's House Rent Boogie
18-Big Bill Broonzy- See See Rider
19-Bb King- The Other Night Blues
20-Sonny Terry And Brownie Mcghee- Lonesome Room

Vol. 10
01-Ray Charles- The Sun's Gonna Shine Again
02-John Lee Hooker- Let Your Daddy Ride
03-Big Joe Turner- Jumpin' Tonight
04-Bb King- Walkin' And Cryin'
05-Jimmy Witherspoon- I'm Just A Lady's Man
06-T Bone Walker- Dream Girl Blues
07-Ray Charles- Jumpin' In The Morning
08-Muddy Waters- She Moves Me
09-Sonny Terry And Brownie Mcghee- Baby Let's Have Some Fun
10-Big Joe Turner- Lucille
11-T Bone Walker- T-Bone Jumps Again
12-Bb King- Three O'clock Blues
13-Jimmy Witherspoon- Love My Baby
14-Sonny Terry And Brownie Mcghee- Man Ain't Nothin' But A Fool
15-Joe Williams- Every Day
16-Ray Charles- The Midnight Hour
17-Muddy Waters- Standing Around Crying
18-Bb King- She's Dynamite
19-Joe Williams- Kansas City Blues
20-Ray Charles- Mess Around

ZZ Top - Chrome, Smoke & BBQ [4 CD, 2003]

 

Chrome, Smoke & BBQ is a box set by American blues-rock band ZZ Top, released in 2003. This box set is notable for using the original mixes for all of the tracks from the band's first 5 albums for the first time on the CD format. This box set, and the companion release Rancho Texicano, are the only two CD releases which feature original mixes from ZZ Top's First Album, Rio Grande Mud, and Tejas, aside from 1977's The Best of ZZ Top which features two tracks from Rio Grande Mud and one track from First Album. Tres Hombres and Fandango! were reissued in their original mixes in 2006.

Snowy White - Bird of Paradise, An Anthology [2 CD, 2003]

 

32 track double CD anthology of one of the great unsung guitar heroes of British rock music. This multi-talented songwriter and musician worked with Pink Floyd, Peter Green, Thin Lizzy and Roger Waters before launching a solo career with his debut album "White Flames" in 1983. Mixing blues rock compositions with pop-based tracks, the album spawned a UK Top 10 hit, "Bird Of Paradise", sounding uncannily like Peter Green, both in voice and guitar tone. Although White continued to issue similarly styled solo outings during the next few years, further hit singles proved elusive and he formed a strictly blues-based outfit, the Blues Agency. Afterwards, White recruited Walter Latupeirissa (bass) and Juan van Emmerloot (drums) to form another new group, Snowy White And The White Flames, which toured and issued albums on a regular basis throughout the '90s. This collection of the cream of his recordings from 1983 to 1999 serves as an excellent overview of one of rock music's most overlooked guitarists and singer/songwriters.  

Disc 1:

01. Bird of Paradise 04:41

02. Good Question 04:16

03. Open Carefully 03:02

04. At the Crossroads 05:09

05. Snow Blues 06:50

06. Rush Hour 03:49

07. Someone else is gonna love me 05:15

08. Only Women 04:38

09. Birthday Blues 04:34

10. Highway to the Sun 03:53

11. Love, Pain & Sorrow 05:13

12. All my Money 04:09

13. Judgement Day 05:05

14. Blues on me 04:52

15. Out of Order 03:20

16. I can't help myself 04:21

17. Land of Plenty 05:28 

Disc 2:

01. When You Broke Your Promise 03:55

02. Walking The Streets 03:44

03. Chinese Burn 05:27

04. Cat Flea Jump 03:41

05. The Answer 03:38

06. Muddy Fingers 03:07

07. Voices In The Rain 04:53

08. That Certain Thing 06:15

09. I'll Be Holding On 05:41

10. When I Arise 08:52

11. For The Rest Of My Life 08:25

12. The Yourneys (part 1 & 2) 06:32

13. Whaters Edge/Stepping Stones 05:46

14. For You 04:25

15. Bird Of Paridise (2000 re-mix) 03:55